Blog#123 March 11, 2024 Results Arnold Palmer Invitational

Blog#123 March 11, 2024 Results Arnold Palmer Invitational

There are 69 players in the field with a cut.

ROUND 1 ESPN+ announcers commented that the rough is high & thick, will be a problem.

Weather perfect 67* to 85*, sunny, little wind.

1 Shane Lowry-6 66 from 10 1 eagle 3 birdies, bogies 14 and birdies 17 for solo lead.

2 Justin Lower-5 67 Birdies 3 of final 4 holes.  RD2 76 drops to 28.

2 Hideki Matsuyama-5 67 Eagles 16 with 2 bogies and 5 birdies.

4 Russell Henley-4 68 Bogies 5 & 18 with 6 birdies in between

8 Will Zalatoris-5 69 -3 on last 3 holes eagle on 16 birdie on 17.

8 Justin Thomas-3 69 Bogie free with 4 birdies until 17th.

20 Scottie Scheffler-2 70 #161 in putting he missed several makable putts.

49 Rory McIlroy+1 73 Make only 1 putt over 5’, 2 DB’s 3 bogies 6 birdies 7 pars.

ROUND 2 Weather same, greens hard to reach and putts are just not falling for anyone.

1 Shane Lowry-7 Four bogies 5 birdies including 18 for lead.

1 Russell Henley-7 69 One bogie 4 birdies.

1 Wyndham Clark-7 66 Lowest Rd with three bogies 9 birdies including last 3 holes.

1 Scottie Scheffler-7 67 Bogies 1st hole, eagles 12 then birdies last 3 holes.

1 Hideki Matsuyama-7 70 Three bogies 5 birdies.

7 Will Zalatoris-6 69 Bogie free with 3 birdies.  

10 Justin Thomas-4 71 One DB 2 bogies1 eagle 3 birdies. 

10 Max Homa-4 69 Two bogies 5 birdies up from #25

10 Ben An-4 69 One bogie 4 birdies up from #25.

20 Rory McIlroy-1 70 Makes 30’ putt on 2 then 4 bogies and 5 pars for 70, putting better.

CUT+3 11 players miss cut Hojgaard, Schenk+4 Valimaki, Fitzpatrick, Scott, Rose+5 Morikawa+6 (80) Kitayama+7 Fleetwood+9 Ford(A)+10 Svensson+15. 

ROUND 3 Weather same as yesterday warm 83* wind 9/16 MPH.

Noone outside the top 10 made any kind of move.

1 Scottie Scheffler-9 70  birdies 5 of last 9 holes.

1 Shane Lowry-9 70 4 bogies 6 birdies including 16& 17 to tie.

3 Wyndham Clark-8 71 DBs on 1&9 birdies 6,10,11 eagle 12, bogies 18.

4 Will Zalatoris- 68 Starts with 5 birdies thru 11 up 5 then 15&18-3 and DB on 18. 

4 Russell Henley-4 72 Three bogies on front 9 the 2 birdies on back to stay in hunt.

4 Hideki Matsuyama-4 72 Bogies 4&5 but comes back to shoot 34 on back nine. 

8 Rory McIlroy-5 68 Finally gets it together with 6 birdies on back 9 for 30. Drove#10 green.  

11 Justin Thomas- 69 Finds water on 17 DB 3 bogies 6 birdies.

FINAL ROUND Scheffler bogie free, ran away from the field, moves to #1 in FedX points.

1 Scottie Scheffler-15 66 Only player from the RD3 top 10 under par. $4M 

2 Wyndham Clark-10 70 Played well enough to win but 3 bogies and Scheffler. $2.2M

3 Shane Lowry-9 72 Birdies 3 of last 10 holes but 3 bogies on first 7. $1.4M

4 Will Zalatoris-7 72 Two bogies 2 birdies, he is ready to win this year. $920K

4 Russell Henley-7 72 Three bogies 3 birdies, hung in there all 4 RDs. $920K

12 Justin Thomas-3 73 Again finds water, bogies 5 of last 8 holes. $390K

12 Hideki Matsuyama-3 76 1DB 3 bogies 1 birdie, another bad RD from #4 RD3. $390K

21 Rory McIlroy-1 76 Another bad RD 1 DB 4 bodies 2 birdies. $225K

Interesting finishes.

#8 Ben An-4 & Max Homa-4 #12 Brian Harman-3 71 #25 Ludvig Aberg & Xander Schauffele-1 #30 Jordan Spieth, Patrick Cantlay & Sam Burns+1 #36 Viktor Hovland, Rickie Fowler+2 

#52 Tom Kim+6 (77) #58 Last place Jake Knapp+12 Honeymoon over a 12 on #6 in RD 3(81).  

John Daly holds the record 18 in 1998.